thank you all very much for joining us. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> in this week's radio address, both president obama and the public and congresswoman susan brooks talks about needing to reduce the national debt. representative brooks outlined republican efforts to reduce spending and urged senate democrats to pass a budget. >> hi, everybody. in the coming weeks we face some important decisions about how to pay down our debt in a way that gross our economy and creates good jobs. something that will make a big difference in the strength and pace of recovery. we began this year with economists and business leaders saying that we are poised to grow in 2013. there are real signs of progress. home prices starting to climb again, car sales at a five-year high. manufacturing is roaring back. our businesses created two point .2 million jobs last year. we just learned that our economy created more jobs over the last few can -- then ec